Lantern-carrier.



A. F. OLSON. LANTERN CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED JAN-18' 1915.

l ,1 54,879. PatentedSept. 28, 1915.

' ATTORNEY SAE AENT errren LANTERN-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Application filed January 18, 1915. Serial No. 2,969.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED F. OLSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vermilion, in the county of Clay and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Lantern-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a lantern carrier.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practical, and efiicient lantern carrier of strong and durable construction, designed particularly for use in barns and analogous places and provided with means for effectually preventing a lantern from being accidentally knocked off by horses or other animals striking against it, and capable also of being automatically operated to release a lantern when itis desired to remove the same for cleaning, filling, or other purposes.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims appended hereto, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or saorificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :-'F igure 1 is a side elevation of a lantern carrier constructed in accordance with this invention, and shown applied to a portion of a barn, the latter being in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of one end of the device, partly in section. Figs. 3 and 4C are side elevations of the lantern-carrier. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line 77 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in allthe figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates a carrier provided with spaced. grooved wheels 2 and comprising side plates 3 and 4c and a hook 5 rigid with and depending from the side plates and adapted to receive the bail 6 of a lantern 7. The side plates are secured together and to the upper end of the shank the inner face of the latch urges the upper arm of the latch 8 of the hook by rivets 9 or other suitable fastening devices, which also pass through a plate 10 having laterally bent terminal portions forming projecting ears 11. The side plates and the hook constitute the body portion of the trolley and instead of constructing the same of separate pieces riveted together, as shown, it may be made in an other desired manner. The bill 12 of the hook is preferably inclined upwardly and outwardly at an angle to the shank, as shown, and the bail 6 is confined in the hook by a latch consisting of a lever 13 located at one side of the carrier and fulcrumed intermediate of its ends'on a horizontal pin or pivot 14 to form The pin or pivot 14 pierces the ears 1'1 and passes through an eye 15, extending from lever. The lower arm of the latch lever is provided with approximately triangular lugs 16, preferably formed integral with a plate or piece 17 and extending across the space between the sides of the hook, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing. The lugs, which are maintained in their engaging position by a spring 18, as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing, have inclined upper edges 19 and horizontal lower edges or shoulders 20, which are adapted to prevent the bail 6 of the lantern from moving upwardly out of the hook. The inclined upper edges of the lugs enable the bail 6 to be readily engaged with the hook, and the said bail-is adapted to force the lugs 16 outwardly and pass beneath the same in placing the lantern on the carrier. The spring, which is interposed between the upper arm of the latch lever and the adjacent side plate 4, is mounted on a horizontal pin 21, secured at its inner end to the frame of the carrier and extending outwardly therefrom and projecting through an opening 22 in the latch lever. The pin 21 supports the spring in position. The spring lever outwardly, and the upper end 23 of the latch lever is bent inwardly at an angle to form a stop for engaging the adjacent side plate to limit-the inward movement of the upper arm of the latch lever.

The side plates, which are preferably taper-ed, are connected at their upper portions by horizontal bolts 2-l, upon which the grooved wheels 2 are mounted, and the said wheels 2, which. are arranged in alinement, are adapted to run on a track 25 preferably upper and lower arms.

consistingof awire secured at its terminals to thespaced joists of a bar-n27 by eye,

and in order to enable the track wire to be adjusted to the desired tension, the bolt 29,

' which is elongated, is equipped with a handle or tail nut 32 and is adapted to be rotated to stretch the track wire. The blocks 30 and 31 are suitably secured to the a fork 38, composed of spaced parallel side bars 3% having diverging inner terminal portions 35 forming a tapering space or opening betweenthem and arranged toreceive the upper portion of the carrier and the upper arm of the latch lever, whereby when the carrler is moved to the fork, the

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said diverging portions will operate the latch lever and move the lugs thereof from the position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 5 of the drawing, to the position illustrated in dotted lines in the said figure. This carries the latch lever away from the opening of the hookand releases the hail of the'lantern, which then may be readily removed from the carrier. The outer terminals of the side bars are bent upward at right angles to form arms 36, which fit against the outer faces of the block 81. The side bars at ofthe fork are" fastened to the block 31 by means of screws 37 and 38, or other suitable fastening devices, which pierce the horizontal parallel portions of the side bars and also the upwardly extending arms 36. When the carrier is moved away from the fork, the spring automatically swings the latch lever to its engaging position.

he carrier and the lantern are adapted to be rapidly moved along the trackwire from one end of a barnto' another, without liability of the lantern being accidentally knocked oil or otherwise displaced fromth'e carrier.

What is claimed is: I 1. A device of the class described including a track, a carrier movable along the track and provided with a lantern-receiving hook the mouth of which opens upwardly, a latch mounted on the carrier and arranged to close the mouth of the hook, and .fiXed. means located at a point of the track in the path of the latch and arranged to automatr.

cally release the lantern from the hook.

2. A device of the class described includjoist and the block 31 constitutes a support for in the hook,

provided at its lower edge with a shoulder.

A device of the class described including a track,

track and provided with a lantern supporting hook, and a spring actuated lever mounted on the carrier and provided with spaced pro ect1ng lugs embracing the hook and a carrier movable along the located at o osite sides thereof in position for confining a'lantern within the said hook. l. A device of the class described including a track, a carrier movable along the same and provided with means" for supporttain the lantern in the supporting means, and a fork arranged in the pathotthe carrier and composed of spaced sides having i-ng a lantern, a spring actuated latch lever mounted on the carrier and arranged to rediverging portions arranged to engage the 1 carrier and the lever and adapted to open the latter and release the lantern. i

A device or the class described includ ing a track, a carrier movable alongthe same and provided on the carrier and provided at one of its arms with means for confining the lantern and a fork lo'catedin the path of the c'arrler and having portlons arranged to engage. the said V with-a hook adapted to receive the bailo'f a lantern, latch lever pivotally mounted at an intermediate point a spring arranged to urge the Y other armoutwardly for maintainingthe lever in its engaging pos1t1on.-

carrier and the spring actuated arm of the lever to compress the spring and release the lantern. V 1

6. A device of thecl aiss' desc'ibed comprising a track, a carrier movable along the same and provided the hail of a lantern, vertically disposed on't'he carrier: and constructed to confinethe bail in the hook, and a fork straddling the trackand located at with a hook to receive a springs-actuated latch one end of the same, saidfork serving asa and also as a means .tor

stop for the carrier V to release the bail from actuating the latch the hook.

In testimony, as my. own, I have ture' in the presence of two witnesses. A

ALFRED F. OLSON.

Witnesses:

PHILIP J CLELAND, S'rnrrrono E. .OLsoN.

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I claim the foregoing hereto alfixed 'niy signa- 

